Abstract: The example embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to receive, by a user equipment of a communication network, from a network node information for measurement reporting by the user equipment for beam management in the communication network, and based on the at least one beam reporting configuration, determine beam reporting at least one pair of beams of the more than one beam of the at least one transmission reception point capable for simultaneous reception by the user equipment.

Abstract: A method and a first apparatus (102) comprising at least one processor (118), at least one memory (120) including computer program code, and at least one receiver (112), the at least one processor (118), the at least one memory (120), and the at least one receiver (112) configured with the computer program code to cause the first apparatus (102) at least to receive a first configuration and a second configuration or to receive an indication comprising a first configuration and a second configuration, to configure a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, for a PUCCH transmission according to the first configuration for a first PUCCH resource, configure the first PUCCH resource or a second PUCCH resource for the PUCCH repetition according to the second configuration, wherein the PUCCH repetition is a repetition of the PUCCH transmission.

Abstract: An method includes determining to perform inter-cell multi-downlink control information (multi-DCI) based multi-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) operation for a user device based on the following: receiving, by the user device from a network node, transmission configuration index (TCI) states for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETS), wherein the TCI states for the plurality of CORESETs are associated with a plurality of cells having different physical cell identities (PCIs) or associated with a plurality of cell groups; and determining, by the user device, that at least one of the following conditions is present: 1) a multi-DCI based multi-TRP-related high layer parameter has been configured to the user device; 2) a default mode of multi-TRP operation has been configured to the user device; or 3) the user device has received control information indicating physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) TCI state activations corresponding to two different CORESETPoolIndex values; and, performing in

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, determining at least one anchor control resource set among a plurality of control resource sets, wherein each of the at least one anchor control resource set defines a spatial source for multiple signal types, said multiple signal types comprising different downlink and uplink signals and channels, determining whether or not a given signal type is to inherit a spatial source of one of the at least one anchor control resource set and applying, in case of a positive determination, the spatial source of the at least one anchor control resource set for at least one signal of the given signal type.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided for improved transport block size (TBS) indication and channel quality indicator (CQI) reporting for lower target block error ratios (BLERs). In an example implementation, the method may include a user equipment configuring a plurality of transport block sizes, activating one or more transport block sizes of the plurality of transport block sizes, and determining a first transport block size from an indication received from a network node when more than one transport block sizes of the one or more transport block sizes are activated. The method may further include determining, a second transport block size, the second transport block size determined based at least on the one or more transport block sizes that are activated and the first transport block size, and receiving a downlink transmission from the network node with the second transport block size.

Abstract: There is described a method to operate an apparatus of a radio communications network. The method comprises: receiving information characterizing at least one of a plurality of uplink handling rules; determining a plurality of uplink control information, wherein the determined uplink control information is associated with at least one uplink radio resource; selecting one of the plurality of uplink handling rules; mapping the plurality of determined uplink control information into an uplink control signal based on the selected uplink handling rule; and transmitting the uplink control signal via the at least one associated radio resource.

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method which includes detecting a failure. After detecting the failure, determining an association in response to identifying a new candidate beam for beam failure recovery, wherein the association is between a control resource set and at least one of a particular index and a beam failure recovery request. The method may also include transmitting a failure recovery request based on the association.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for receiving, at a user equipment from a network, a configuration that enables group-based beam reporting, receiving an indication that the group-based beam reporting is associated with a first transmit receive point, TRP, or a group of TRPs, the group of TRPs comprising at least the first TRP and a second TRP, first determining whether at least two beams are received simultaneously at the user equipment, wherein if the group-based beam reporting is associated with the first TRP, each beam of the at least two beams is associated with the first TRP and if the group-based beam reporting is associated with the group of TRPs, one beam of the at least two beams is associated with the first TRP and at least one other beam of the at least two beams is associated with the second TRP and, if so determining, based at least in part on the first determining, to report the at least two beams to the network.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for beam group-based downlink transmit beam indication. Certain embodiments may provide enhancements related to physical layer design for multiple input multiple output and/or enhancements for a beam indication framework for scenarios with multiple transmission reception points and user equipment equipped with multiple antenna panels. A network node may transmit, and a user equipment may obtain, information indicating that one or more activated transmission configuration indictor states are associated with a set of beam groups.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining, by a first network device in a communication network, allocation information for an availability of resources in the communication network; and sending, by the network device, to a second network device the allocation information for use in at least one of simultaneous transmission by the second network device to the first network device and a third device or simultaneous reception by the second network device from the first network device and a third device of at least one operation associated with the allocation information for allocation of the resources to the third device in the in the communication network.

Abstract: There is provided a method to operate a first apparatus (100) of a cellular radio communications network, wherein the method comprises: receiving a plurality of PUCCH, Physical Uplink Control Channel, configuration parameters; and transmitting UCI, Uplink Control Information, via a PUCCH, wherein the PUCCH is configured according to at least one of the received plurality of PUCCH configuration parameters.

Abstract: An method includes determining to perform inter-cell multi-downlink control information (multi-DCI) based multi-transmission reception point (multi-TRP) operation for a user device based on the following: receiving, by the user device from a network node, transmission configuration index (TCI) states for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETS), wherein the TCI states for the plurality of CORESETs are associated with a plurality of cells having different physical cell identities (PCIs) or associated with a plurality of cell groups; and determining, by the user device, that at least one of the following conditions is present: 1) a multi-DCI based multi-TRP-related high layer parameter has been configured to the user device; 2) a default mode of multi-TRP operation has been configured to the user device; or 3) the user device has received control information indicating physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) TCI state activations corresponding to two different CORESETPoolIndex values; and, performing in

Abstract: There is provided a method to operate a downstream IAB, Integrated Access and Backhaul, node of an IAB network, is provided, wherein the method comprises: receiving a first radio resource configuration that indicates a use of radio resources by the upstream IAB node and by at least one radio node served by the upstream IAB node; determining a second radio resource configuration or the downstream IAB node in dependence on the first radio resource configuration; and communication with at least one radio node, which is served by the downstream IAB node, via radio resources according to the second radio resource configuration.

Abstract: According to an aspect, there is disclosed a method that includes aligning, by a radio access network node wirelessly connected to at least two parent nodes and to a child node, an uplink reception timing associated with the child node with a downlink reception timing associated with a parent node of the at least two parent nodes.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for multiple transmission-reception point (multi-TRP) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) scheme determination are provided. One method may include receiving, at a user equipment, at least one of an indication or configuration comprising information relating to one or more multi-TRP PUCCH schemes. The method may also include determining a multi-TRP scheme to apply for an uplink control information (UCI) transmission using at least one of the indication or the configuration, and transmitting the UCI on PUCCH according to the determined multi-TRP PUCCH scheme.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for control channel monitoring. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes receiving, at the user equipment, an indication of a codepoint activation, wherein the codepoint activation indicates that a transmission configuration indicator state being activated is associated with a second physical cell identifier different from a first physical cell identifier of a serving cell of the user equipment; and in response to the transmission configuration indicator state being activated in association with the second physical cell identifier, suspending control channel monitoring of at least one set of core resources associated with the first physical cell identifier of the serving cell of the user equipment. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Abstract: To meet different latency requirements a solution for a system having one or more apparatuses using a first type of relaying or a second type of relaying, the first type requiring more processing time at an apparatus than the second type, is disclosed. In the solution a type of relaying for a child apparatus is determined at least based on one or more of a latency requirement and feedback information on channel; and transmissions to or from child apparatuses are scheduled at least according to a determined type of relaying, wherein transmissions using the first type of relaying are scheduled to take place in the time domain of a transmission slot after transmissions using the second type of relaying; and transmissions to or from the child apparatus are processed according to the determined type of relaying.

Abstract: In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform determining, by a network device of a communication network, that to monitor physical downlink control channel candidates of two or more control resource sets of the communication network, wherein the two or more control resource sets are using different QCL-TypeD; and selecting at least two control resource sets of the two or more control resource sets with different QCL-TypeD for monitoring at least two of the physical downlink control channel candidates.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for physical layer security by pseudo-random layer mapping.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises at least one processor, at least one memory including computer program code, and the at least one processor, with the at least one memory and the computer program code, being arranged to cause the apparatus to at least perform generating a code block including information bits and parity bits, the parity bits being generated by performing a cyclic redundancy check on the information bits, determining the number of parity bits used in generating the code block based on an applied linear error correcting code base graph and/or based on the number of the information bits, and encoding the code block by using the applied linear error correcting code base graph.